So I just picked up this game on sale because it looks cool and was well reviewed.

I've started the first mission, and the game just feels PAINFULLY slow. It wants me to build 2 mechs to complete the mission, so I set up the two buildings it tells me to make and get to work making the parts. 12 minutes into the mission, I've made one torso and am 30% through the next one. Still have 2 legs and 4 arms to make.

Is there something I'm doing wrong here or is this the intended speed of building mechs? As it is, it feels like the first mission is fending off an initial wave of enemies, and then waiting 45 minutes while a few mechs get built.

I found the answer to my question in a post titled Huh? So I thought I'd update this post in case any other new people play this game and run into this very frustrating issue.

For me I hadn't built enough manpower, apparently the manpower meter is in fact 2 bars, and if you just see 1 full bar you're undermanned, which DRASTICALLY slows down production. Once I built up my manpower I had 2 full mechs out in the time it took me to make one torso previously.

Also, the next mission (and maybe most future missions?) give you a prebuild period where you can build things wicked quick, so I started the next mission with 2 fully functional mechs.